Consider signing up for one of three investment education courses focused on your stage in life...

Interested in learning to make wise investing decisions?

Consider signing up for one of three investment education courses focused on your stage in life...

“Starting Out”
course is for beginning investors

“Building Up”
targets those in mid-life

“Making It Last”
focuses on those near or in retirement

Each course involves four online modules and is tailored to the investment challenges of each age group. Topics include:

balancing risk

cutting investment costs

choosing an investment adviser, and

fine-tuning an investment portfolio at each life stage.

The FREE courses are taught by Dr. Cynthia Fletcher. This program is made possible by a grant to Iowa Library Services from the FINRA Investor Education Foundation through Smart investing@your library®, a partnership with the American Library Association.

Course enrollment

Smart investing@your library® online courses are open for enrollment at anytime. Download and follow the enrollment instructions to get started today!

Upcoming Programs

Local libraries are offering Smart Investing courses that incorporate face-to-face “kick-off” and “wrap-up” sessions taught by ISU Extension family finance program specialists at the library. In between these two sessions, you will work at your own pace to complete one of the online courses. The face-to-face sessions will help you get started, apply what you learn, and motivate you to complete the four online modules. Contact the librarian listed below for more information.